Why Am I Not Getting Things Accomplished At Home?

July 25, 2025July 25, 2025 RefreshHerLeave a comment

Have you ever felt discouraged that the long list of things that need your attention in your home aren’t getting done?

Perhaps there never seems time to get that laundry washed and folded. Or that paint you purchased for your bedroom is still sitting unopened. Maybe you had good intentions for your yard this summer, but the weeds are the only thing growing out back. The struggle is real and I can relate.

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Biblical Womanhood – What It is

July 23, 2025July 21, 2025 RefreshHerLeave a comment

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Why do we even need a lesson in biblical womanhood? This past month I have witnessed –

A mom wondering about how to educate her daughter, fearful of the world’s philosophies that she might learn in public educational system.
A mom thinking about adult daughter moving away – saying how weird she is feeling so emotional at her going or at her staying!
Older woman got married after her husband left her 7 years ago.
Two young teen girls walking hand in hand through a store.
An older woman caring for her aging husband.
A woman in 30’s longing to be married.
A person in the store – half head was shaved, half long, beard on one side, smooth on the other.
Rainbows everywhere having nothing to do with God’s judgment on a world of wickedness in Noah’s day.
Social media, advertisements, political figures, our school system and world in general shout wrong messages and agendas.

All this makes it obvious we need to answer the question, “What does it mean to be a woman?”!

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Kitchen Tips · organization

Tips For An Organized Spice Cabinet

July 21, 2025July 19, 2025 RefreshHer3 Comments

This weekend I had a couple hours when my love for organizing and my love for cooking collided. It was a needed collision! My spice cabinet that had been in good order at one time, had sadly gotten out of hand. It made my cooking more difficult, and I even found that I sighed inwardly any time I needed to search for a spice.

Here’s the other side of the ~~mess~~ cabinet.

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Family life · Rest

Time To Refresh

July 18, 2025July 18, 2025 RefreshHerLeave a comment

This summer has been busy as we have served at The Wilds Christian Camp three days each week. So many people, knowing our busyness and our age (!) have shared their concern for our rest. We are grateful and we listen to their cautions not to overdo. The Lord has superintended times each weekend that refresh and renew us. I thought I’d share a few pictures of those scenarios.

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children · Motherhood

A Little Lunch

July 16, 2025July 16, 2025 RefreshHerLeave a comment

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Being a mother of two daughters, I don’t know a whole lot about raising boys. But when I read in John 6 about the 5,000 people that had gathered to hear Jesus I thought it strange that a little boy would have a lunch with him. Remember the story? The crowd was hungry, and there was no food to feed them. Jesus asked Philip where they could buy enough bread to feed this large crowd. Andrew spoke up and said to him,

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